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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-03-07more like thismore than 2019-03-07
answering body
Department for International Trade more like this
answering dept id 202 more like this
answering dept short name International Trade more like this
answering dept sort name International Trade more like this
hansard heading Trade Agreements: Tuvalu more like this
house id 2 remove filter
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made in securing a bilateral trade agreement with Tuvalu. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Jones of Cheltenham remove filter
uin HL14333 remove filter
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-03-12more like thismore than 2019-03-12
answer text <p>As the UK exits the EU, it remains our priority to replicate the effects of the EU-Pacific Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) and implement it from exit day or as soon as possible thereafter. As Tuvalu has not signed the EU-Pacific EPA it is not party to the transitioned UK EPA although it is eligible to accede in the future.</p><p> </p><p>The Taxation (Cross-Border Trade) Act enables the UK to put in place a UK trade preferences scheme for developing countries. This will provide the same level of access as the current EU trade preference scheme, granting duty-free, quota-free access to Least Developed Countries, including Tuvalu.</p> more like this
answering member printed Baroness Fairhead more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-03-12T16:31:50.103Zmore like thismore than 2019-03-12T16:31:50.103Z
answering member
4690
label Biography information for Baroness Fairhead more like this
tabling member
248
label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham more like this